słownik angielsko - angielski

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posh po angielsku:

1. stylish and elegant



Angielskie słowo "posh" (stylish and elegant) występuje w zestawach:

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2. dignified


At the funeral, the widow looked very dignified, with her black suit, hat and gloves.
Tom looks dignified.
 "Why are the Ministry providing cars, Father?" Percy asked again, in a dignified voice.
Throughout his trial he maintained a dignified silence.
a dignified old lady; a dignified ceremony
dignified balls
It is the border-line cases that are always in danger: the dignified buildings of the past which may possess no real artistic or historic value, but which people have become sentimentally attached to and have grown to love.
He decided that his kielbasa was too dignified for an ordinary bun.

3. expensive and upper class



4. that represent the highest social class



Angielskie słowo "posh" (that represent the highest social class) występuje w zestawach:

Advanced English words that start with "P"

5. fancy


I never for a moment imagined I'd be able to afford to live in such a fancy house.
Just fancy!
... fine, nice, nothing really fancy but on the pricier...
i don't need a fancy house or a fast car
I fancy shopping here – there are many fashionable clothes to choose from.
Fancy forgetting my glasses, it's so embarrassing.
Bob mounted the portrait in a fancy frame, but it was upside down.
This expression has really caught my fancy, as a type of English metaphorical expression not in Japanese.
I fancy that most people who think at all have done a great deal of their thinking in the first fourteen years.
lt's like fancy cheese in an old guy's mouth.
That's quite a fancy suit you've got, not your usual style.
It is difficult to separate fact from fancy.
He fancies him​self as a ​bit of a ​singer. [+ to infinitive] Who do you fancy to ​win the Cup this ​year? [+ (that)] literary I fancied (that) I ​saw something ​moving in the ​corner.
The pretty lace blouse had a fancy embroidered trimming.
This cemetery even has its own site, and there is a page “News” on it! Can you fancy news from the graveyard?!

6. upper class



7. elegant


She looks very elegant.
A very elderly couple is having an elegant dinner to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary.
The high performance and the elegant design of this model have combined to give it a high reputation.
Truthful speech is not elegant, and elegant speech is not truthful. Good words are not persuasive, and persuasive words are not good. The knowledgeable are not many, and the many are not knowledgeable.
How about spending an elegant and blissful time at a beauty salon?
Many people, if not most, look on literary taste as an elegant accomplishment.
They could hear the elegant, flowing sound of a harp coming from somewhere.
Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation.
Pooja, the elegant lady with mellifluous voice, is to star in an upcoming Bollywood movie.
I prefer Noh to Kabuki, because the former looks more elegant to me than the latter.
The most effective means for the propagation of Esperanto is the fluent and elegant use of this language.
- What do you think about this shirt? - It is very elegant, you should buy it and wear for the party tomorrow.
In my opinion, wine is one of the most elegant products that agriculture can produce.
People don’t expect a policewoman to look elegant.
An elegant couple in evening dress got out of the limousine.

8. upper class adjective



9. exclusive


That's an exclusive golf club.
We have the exclusive right to sell them.
The fee for membership is a one-time payment of US$ 1000 for perpetual, non-exclusive commercial rights.
They had dinner in an exclusive restaurant.
Lindka Cierach makes very exclusive clothes for women.
No one must have exclusive rights to exploit Atlantic fish resources.
Are the profits exclusive of taxes?
The two qualities are mutually exclusive.
Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Rawandi, already in the ninth century, held that reason is man's exclusive guide to truth, a quest in which revelation is of no help.
This book has 252 pages exclusive of illustrations.
Ann is exclusive in her choice of friends.
There were 120 people on the plane, exclusive of the crew.